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At
a
time
when
life
is
devalued,
when
people
are
killed
over
necklaces
or
iPods,
physician-assisted
suicide
ill
serves
patients,
physicians
and
society,
said
Michael
H.
Levy,
M.D.,
Ph.D.,
during
a
talk
at
internal
medicine
grand
rounds
in
January.“If
we
look
at
physician-assisted
suicide
as
an
act
of
hastening
death,”
said
Levy,
vice
chair
of
the
Department
of
Medical
Oncology
at
the
Fox
Chase
Cancer
Center
in
Philadelphia,
“then
it
is
an
act
of
harm.
…
Do
we
really
need
to
kill
the
patient
to
kill
the
pain?”Levy
said
physician-assisted
suicide
violates
key
tenets
of
medical
ethics;
erodes
trust
in
health
professionals;
and
diminishes
what...